Adhering to a diet is quite difficult, boring and burdensome. Many people cannot stand the usual menu and break it, denying all the results obtained.
That's why nutritionists are starting to get sophisticated and come up with programs that can interest people, motivate them, and be completely different from their minions.
One of these interesting programs is the "Six Petals" or "Petal Diet" diet, created by Swedish nutritionist Anna Johansson. According to the doctor, a week-long course will be a successful solution to each person's overweight problem, because you can lose up to 3-4 kg without much effort!
Characteristics of the 6-petal diet, author's recommendations and advantages of the technique
First of all, the effectiveness of this diet depends on the psychological attitude towards a good result and strong motivation.
The diet itself represents a cycle of 6 single programs (petals), alternating daily, however, it represents a well-thought-out nutritional plan. In fact, each such "petal" is a fasting day, during which you eat only one type of food, excluding others. Thanks to this restriction, you eat fewer calories and each selected product also has the effect of cleansing, nourishing or nourishing the body. In addition, the diet is designed to alternate protein and carbohydrate days, suitable for people who play sports or work in stressful conditions. In addition, this rule of dividing separate meals allows you not to mix foods with different ingredients in one meal, which will help you absorb the ingredients more effectively and quickly withoutcausing excess residue on both sides.
Since the products on the menu alternate every day, the diet is considered quite interesting, not boring and not rigid.
Let's go back to mental attitude and diet motivation. To make your plan a reality and really inspire your body to lose weight, Anna advises everyone to draw a bright colorful flower with large petals (6 pieces) before starting the preparation. diet. Each petal of your chrysanthemum should be numbered or painted in a special color, with the name of the specific day of the diet and a set of allowed ingredients written on top. We place the resulting flower in a prominent place and at the end of each day of the diet we tear off the corresponding petal (only if all requirements are met correctly). Psychologically, it is easier for the body to survive a week of dieting if the number of "pain days" is clearly reduced.
The author's strict recommendations for the "6 petal" diet:
- on the day you are given a set of products that clearly cannot be modified, replaced with similar or additional ingredients;
- Do not consume more than the allowed amount of food, but do not undereat either, this will also lead to negative consequences;
- Days of the week cannot be changed or skipped. If you fail, you will have to retake the course;
- The last time you should eat is 4 hours before going to bed (regardless of whether it is day or night);
- The prerequisite is compliance with the water regime, you should drink 6 glasses or more of healthy liquids per day;
- During the diet, we exclude sugar, spicy spices and seasonings from the diet, limit salt consumption;
- All food is allowed to be steamed, boiled, stewed, baked, dried, eaten raw, but in no case should fatty sauces, marinades, salty spices, animal lipids (butter, lard, margarine) be added. ingredients, mayonnaise and others);
- you should exit the diet gently and carefully so that excess weight does not return;
- It is allowed to repeat the course no earlier than six months later.
The main advantages of the "petal" technique:
- the diet is very effective - you can lose 0. 5-0. 8 kg of excess weight per day without much effort;
- There is no need to weigh food or research the calorie and carbohydrate content of foods;
- Popular diet, suitable for both men and women;
- contains exclusively natural and healthy products that will have beneficial effects on digestion and immunity;
- diet allows you to cleanse the body of toxins, toxins, protein breakdown products, waste products, salts and suspended substances, free radicals;
- The diet also allows you to get rid of excess fluid, eliminate swelling in the limbs, tissues and face;
- all products familiar to European cuisine, distributed in markets and shops at reasonable prices out of season;
- The diet also does not require high-end cuisine, saves a lot of time and effort and allows you to cook for the whole family;
- discipline your diet and instill healthy habits;
- Diet combined with moderate physical activity and sports;
- the menu is varied, satisfying and interesting, allowing you to have enough completely different products, including vitamins, for 6 days;
- After the course, your metabolism accelerates significantly and you will continue to lose weight by inertia if you exit the diet correctly;
- This diet is quick and allows you to achieve great results in just 6 days, suitable for those who want to lose weight before an event or vacation.
Set of products for the diet "6 petals", written nutritional plan
So, let's find out what days the diet is for us. It will be up to them which products to buy to create the menu and which products to strictly exclude.
The first day will be fish day. Accordingly, you can eat any type of fish and seafood throughout the day. Priority should be given to low-fat sea fish (halibut, salmon, cod, mackerel, tuna, cod, hoki, pollock, flounder, etc. ), some river fish (carp, fish). perch, pike) and seafood (squid, mussels). , crab meat, rapana fish, octopus, oysters).
On the second day you must eat vegetables. Here we have complete freedom because there are a lot of vegetables. Also on this day, you can eat soybeans and bean products, mushrooms and garden herbs. Consumption of potatoes, corn and other starchy vegetables should be limited. Forget about canned vegetables, pickles and sauerkraut. Eat fresh salads and light soups, as well as steamed and stewed side dishes.
Our third day was chicken day. In addition to any chicken without skin (preferably fillets and breasts), people are allowed to eat lean parts of turkey, as well as eggs and chicken liver. It is forbidden to cook meat over fire, fry it or add the usual amount of salt to it.
The fourth day will be marked by the transition to grain foods. From complex carbohydrates, stock up on a variety of cereals, nuts and seeds, breads and biscuits made from whole grains, sprouted grains and bran.
The fifth day advises us to eat cheese. Which one is better to take? Of course, pay attention to store selections. Sometimes they are healthier and more natural than homemade cheese, in addition, you can choose completely low-fat cottage cheese, which will contribute to more active weight loss. In addition, this day's menu allows you to consume a little skim milk.
The sixth and final day of the diet involves eating fruits and berries. Eat whatever your heart desires, but sweet fruits (bananas, figs, dried fruits, persimmons, grapes, melons, mangoes and others) should still be limited to achieve better results. Also on this day, fresh fruit and vegetable juices, nectars, juices, jellies, berry smoothies and fruit drinks are allowed.
On all other days, you are allowed to drink ginger water, rosehip decoction, green and herbal tea, natural bean coffee without sugar and milk, regular mineral water without carbonation.
All other foods in the diet are strictly prohibited. Strictly follow recommendations on ingredient quality and food volume.
Let's turn to a well-designed diet plan and nutritional recommendations. Every day in the diet is responsible for replenishing the amount of carbohydrates or proteins in the body. Therefore, it is better to train and perform loading activities on days with carbohydrates, and on days with protein, muscles will recover and grow, which will help you get a beautiful body likesculpture.
When preparing dishes, you can use herbs, garden herbs, lemon juice, wine, tomato paste, vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil and limit salt. It is better to divide the entire food allowance into 4-5 small snacks throughout the day.
1 day."fishy" (protein). It is not without reason that this day became the first day in the cycle, because fish is easily digestible, has a moderate calorie content, helps saturate the body with valuable essential fats and prepares the body well. possible for the following single days. Due to a nutritious diet, the body's "vigilance" is reduced and the metabolism begins to actively consume calories, turning off the reserve mode.
So, half a kilo of cooked fish of all kinds and seafood is allocated per day. You can also drink fish broth, which is not included in the specified volume.
Day 2."Vegetables" (carbohydrates). The lowest amount of calories per day, helps nourish the body with energy from plant carbohydrates and fiber. On this day, metabolism works at a limited level and actively consumes existing fat deposits.
The menu includes 1-1. 5 kg of garden vegetables and herbs, as well as beans, soy products and mushrooms.
Day 3."Chicken" (protein). On this day, the body begins to lack carbohydrates due to a purely protein diet, so the metabolism still burns fat cells to supplement energy.
Every day you are allowed to eat half a kilo of skinless poultry and 2 eggs as a snack.
4th."Cereals" (carbohydrates). Slow carbohydrates in food will replenish glycogen, which is where all the released energy will be used. And new needs will continue to be satisfied through the fat layer.
The cereal day menu includes 200 g of dry cereals (different, but better oatmeal, buckwheat and brown rice). Also have a small handful of nuts and sunflower seeds, a few tablespoons of bran, a packet of multi-grain bread or 2-3 whole-grain toasts.
Day 5."Curd" (protein). On this day, the body will receive the most useful amount of protein for building the skeleton and muscles, and the supply of macro and microelements will also be replenished.
The menu includes half a kilo of cheese (fat content up to 5%) and 2 glasses of lean cow's milk.
6th."Fruit" (carbohydrate). Fruits will provide comprehensive fortification of the body, enriching it with valuable antioxidants, acids and minerals.
The menu includes 1-1. 5 kg of various fruits and berries, but we limit ourselves to sweets.
7th."Unloading"The diet is called "6 petals", but lasts exactly one week, implying the presence of the seventh day. Therefore, on this day we carry out a comprehensive cleansing of the body and consolidate the results of weight loss. The menu includes only drinks: milk and fermented milk, fresh and fruit drinks, smoothies, nectar, tea, coffee, herbal water, mineral water, meat and vegetarian broth with herbs.
After finishing the diet, you can repeat the treatment again if you feel normal and your doctor allows it.
How to get off the 6 petal diet
A course that includes a mono-diet requires precisely and carefully exiting such a limited and specific menu. During the first week of launch, the author recommends eating only those foods indicated in the diet, combining them in small portions, for example:
- Breakfast can consist of any porridge with fruit, fresh fruit.
- Snack – cottage cheese with berries, lean milk.
- For lunch, you can cook any soup, add a portion of grilled brisket with stewed vegetables.
- Dinner can include steamed fish with lemon and herbs, vegetable salad and fresh vegetable juice (carrots, beets, cabbage, tomatoes).
Gradually, the calorie content of such a diet should increase to 1400 kcal, or up to 1800 kcal for hardworking people or sports people.
In addition, when leaving the diet, we follow the drinking regimen and consume at least 5-6 glasses of healthy liquid per day.
And of course, immediately after leaving the diet, you should start actively playing sports to maintain metabolism and lose weight further.
Disadvantages of the "6 petals" technique, possible contraindications
The diet consists of mono diets, so it is simply not possible but there are disadvantages. First of all, this is a clearly unbalanced, boring and rigid diet. The diet forces you to take dietary supplements, minerals and vitamins, but the promised immune system boost is not inevitable.
In addition, such rapid and sudden weight loss can lead to the following consequences:
- Diseases associated with fasting: nausea, weakness, headaches and dizziness, loss of strength, abdominal pain and stomach cramps, flatulence, indigestion, lethargy, sleep disorders.
- Changes in appearance: the appearance of stretch marks and cellulite, areas of loose and sagging skin, as well as the deterioration of the muscle corset.
Another important disadvantage is psychological discomfort, because it is difficult to eat the same product all day long, whether you draw flowers or not. The diet is really boring so there is a possibility of a crash.
And of course, it is difficult to maintain an entire diet without meat, without juices (allowed for only one day), fermented dairy products, sweets and fried foods.
There are also contraindications to the diet, including:
- the presence of an allergy to a group of foods included in the diet;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- children, the elderly, adolescents, menopause;
- active disease, inflammatory and viral processes;
- recent psychological breakdown, surgery, trauma, serious illness;
- mental disorders, diseases of the nervous system;
- diseases of internal systems of the body: cardiovascular, circulatory, endocrine, digestive, urinary, as well as liver and kidney;
- stressful working conditions, professional sports.